COORDINATING COMMITTEE RECORD OF DISCUSSION ON PROPOSED UNITED KINGDOM EXPORT OF TELECOMMUNCATIONS EQUIPMENT TO FINLAND AND THE U.S.S.R 10TH OCTOBER, 1960

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• Publication Date: October 14, 1960
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741h October, 1960
COORDINATING COMMITTEE
COCOM Document 4187
RECORD OF . DISCUSSION
ON
PROPOSED UNITED KINGDOM E)PORT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT
TO FIAUA.ND AND THE U S.S.R.
10th October. 1960
Present: Belgium (Luxembourg), France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands,
Norway, Turkey, United Kiigdom, United States.
Reference: COCOM Document.4150.
1. The CHAIRMAN drew the Committeo's attention to the United Kingdom
Memorandum (COCOM Document 4150) regarding a proposed export of telecommunications
equipment, covered by Item 152 and valued at 0 700,000, for use in a system
linking Helsinki in Finland with Viipuri in the U.S.S.R. He invited Delegates
to express their Governments' views.
2. The UNI STATES Delegate stated that, as his authorities needed more
time to study this complicated question, he had requested, and obtained, his
United Kingdom colleague's consent to give the views of the United States
authorities on the 20th October.
3o The ITALIAN Delegate stated that his authorities had no objection to the
proposed export. They had taken into consideration the circumstance that only
25% of the equipment would be delivered to U.S.S.R., as 75% would be installed
Finnish territory, and also the fact that the equipment did not include the most
modern technical developments and was not transistorised.
4. The NETHERLANDS Delegate stated that in his authoritiest opinion the
criteria of the Note to Item 1523 had been met. There was also an analogy with
the criteria given in COC0M Document 3715.20/3. Therefore the Netherlands
authorities raised no o bjectien to the proposed export.
5. The BELGIAN, FRENCH, GERMAN and NORWEGIAN Delegates stated that their
authorities raised no objection to the export envisaged.
6. The UNITED KINGDOM Delegate thanked. those Delegations who had been able
to record no objection and confirmed his agreement to wait until the 20th October
to hear the final views of the United States Government.
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